The fact is the the US military is full of pansies who are too selfish to take their turns on deployment. Only 60%+ of the Army has ever completed a deployment to either Iraq or Afghanistan. The majority of that is by choice, not by fate. How many officers and senior NCOs do you see in Yongsan, Pyeongtaek, and Daegu who’ve never deployed? When I in-processed through 1RC last year, a battalion commander from the 501st MI BDE briefed us on EUSA standards and policies. The jackass had the nerve to brag that he’d been in Korea for seven years. Shame on him, shame on people like him, and shame on whomever selected him for battalion command.

That place and it’s people are not worth one more American life.

Have to agree with you on helping people when they are in need. If SOME ignorant & racist Koreans/Asians want to pull their racist B/S, then they will eventually suffer from their lying and false accusations, as many of these Asian countries are.

I have seen this same attitude in other Asian countries and it never ceases to amaze me how a culture can be so uncaring about it’s fellow citizens. However, there are just some situations that I would make an instant decision to ignore and keep on going for exactly the same reasons that many of the posters have outlined…especially in instances where alcohol is obviously the cause (they can suffer the misfortunes of their own stupidity), or where there is already a crowd of the indigenous population milling around. This is probably the best way to approach any of tese siuations…let the locals attempt to provide assistance first and then ask them if they would like you to assist them. CYA!

As DMZ Dave pointed out after the fact, you should always have persons/numbers that you should contact in the event of one of these situations and let the established authorities hash it out. Unfortunately, private citizens are often left out in the cold in these countries, as the U.S. Embassy is about useless.

I have been in a car accident in the Philippines, where we were rear-ended by a large truck…not one Filipino offered assistance and there were many standing around by a store and small coffee shop just gawking. That told me volumes about their culture. Have observed the same attitude in Thailand, korea, etc. It really makes you wonder about Asian cultures and their values.

In contrast, I have seen many accidents in America, where complete strangers will stop and offer in-depth assistance…w/o even thinking about the consequences.

While Asia can be a neat place to live, it does take a callous individual to tolerate their indifference towards human life.

Everybody wants to be the Korea Whisperer.

Really though, we should go back to old-fashioned peacemaking methods. Kim Jong-Il should get married with Chris Hill.

I know Bush wanted to give it one last shot before he left office just in case it succeeded, but he also set up the preconditions to ensure this whole thing would fail. The Hawks are sitting back grinning from ear-to-ear saying “I told you so.”

To hell with it — Just nuke ‘em till they glow!!! Whoops…what am I saying? I still live here in Korea. Maybe I’ll give Chris Hill another shot.